Topic 1: Confronting LGBTQ Oppression. Serves two primary functions: to increase participant's knowledge on the issues facing the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) community; and to learn facilitation skills in order to talk about these issues on campus. Enrolled students will become peer educators in a team, and will give workshops across campus around LGBTQ issues during the spring semester. Only one of the following may be counted: Social Work 360K (Topic: Confronting LGBTQ Oppression), Theatre and Dance 357T (Topic: Confronting LGBTQ Oppression), 357T (Topic 4), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 1), 345 (Topic: Confronting LGBTQ Oppression). Same as: T D 357T.4 Additional prerequisite: Consent of instructor.

Topic 2: Facilitating Dialogues on LGBTQ Oppression: Peers for Pride in Action. The second part of the Peers for Pride facilitation program; serves as a way for students in the program to use the information and skills learned in "Confronting LGBTQ Oppression." Students will continue to fine-tune their facilitation skills and continue learning about LGBTQ people on the UT campus and beyond. Only one of the following may be counted: Social Work 335, 360K (Topic: LGBTQ Oppression: Dialog), Theatre and Dance 357T (Topic: LGBTQ Oppression: Dialog), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 2), 345 (Topic: LGBTQ Oppressn: Facilit Dialog). Same as: S W 335 Additional prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Restrictions: Restricted to students in the Peers for Pride program.

Topic 3: African Queer Studies. Examines the development of African queer studies as the interdisciplinary study of sexuality on the African continent, and its impact on the academic and activist realm. Focus on intersectional feminist and queer theory and how this field offers tools that can be used to rethink issues of oppression and domination in relationship to race, nation, sex, gender, and sexuality on the African continent. Of particular interest will be LGBTQ activism and the ways in which queer Africans engage and shape their sexuality, and create forms of belonging in their countries and their communities. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 340N, 372G (Topic 7), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 3). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 340N Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 4: Sexual Deviance in the Twentieth-Century United States. Examines the ways that Americans have created and maintained hierarchies of power by casting certain people and sexual behaviors as unnatural and immoral since the turn of the twentieth century. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 370 (Topic: Sexual Deviance in the Twentieth-Century US), 370 (Topic 50), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic: Sexual Deviance in the Twentieth-Century US), 335 (Topic 4). Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 5: Gender and Communication. Focuses on how communication influences ideas about sex, gender, and identity, from interpersonal relationships to the mass media, and from legislative debates to social movements. Communication Studies 364K and Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 5) may not both be counted.

Topic 6: Gender Issues in Contemporary Latin American Cinema. Studies Latin American cinema as a device of gender system formation and reinforcement, and as criticism of patriarchal hegemony; discusses questions related to sexuality depicted in Latin American films. Subjects covered include: maternity, prostitution, machismo, children's sexuality, homosexuality, heterosexuality, and gender violence in films from the 1930s to present. Conducted in Spanish. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 370S (Topic 24), Spanish 350C, 350K (Topic 1), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 6). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: LAS 370S.24, SPN 350C Additional prerequisite: One of the following: Spanish 327C, 327N, 327V (or 327W), 328C, or 330L.

Topic 7: Queer Study in Low Culture. Examines representations of sexual and gender non-conformity in popular culture since the mid-twentieth century in the United States. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 370 (Topic: Queer Study in Low Culture), 370 (Topic 51), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic: Queer Study in Low Culture), 335 (Topic 7). Same as: AMS 370.51 Core Curriculum: 010 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 8: Hip Hop Rhetorics. Examination of the hip hop rhetorics of writers, performers, and activists of the hip hop generation. Subjects include the use of cultural tools including rap, fashion, dance, graffiti, and deejaying, to construct their identities and make and disseminate meaning within and about their social worlds, particularly around issues of racism, sexism and misogyny, poverty, and heterosexism. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 372E (Topic: Hip Hop Rhetorics), 372E (Topic 17), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 8).

Topic 9: Movements for Sexual and Reproductive Justice. Charts the historical development of various struggles for sexual and reproductive justice in the United States since the nineteenth century. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 370 (Topic: Movements for Sexual and Reproductive Justice), 370 (Topic 52), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic: Movements for Sexual and Reproductive Justice), 335 (Topic 9). Same as: AMS 370.52 Core Curriculum: 010

Topic 10: HIV and AIDS Activism and the Healing Arts. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 350J, 374E (Topic: HIV/AIDS Activism/Heal Arts), Anthropology 324J, 324L (Topic: HIV/AIDS Activism/Heal Arts), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic: HIV/AIDS Activism/Heal Arts), 335 (Topic 10). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 350J, ANT 324J Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 11: Beyonce Feminism and Rihanna Womanism. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 372C (Topic: Beyonce Feminism/Rihanna Womanism), 330, Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic: Beyonce Feminism/Rihanna Womanism), 335 (Topic 11). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 330 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 12: Transgender Feminisms. Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic: Transgender Feminisms) and 335 (Topic 12) may not both be counted.

Topic 13: Queer Art and Activism. Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic: Queer Art and Activism) and 335 (Topic 13) may not both be counted.

Topic 14: Sexuality in Global Perspective. Explore the ways in which sexuality intersects with money, intimacy, power, and labor in the context of global economic processes. Only one of the following may be counted: Anthropology 324L (Topic: Sexuality in Global Persp), 324V, Latin American Studies 324G, Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic: Sexuality in Global Persp), 335 (Topic 14). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: ANT 324V, LAS 324G Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 15: Queer Migrations. Only one of the following may be counted: Mexican American Studies 335M, 374 (Topic: Queer Migrations), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic: Queer Migrations), 335 (Topic 15). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: MAS 335M Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 16: Queer Media Studies. Introduction to the critical analysis of queer media culture. Explores the dominant strategies used by the media industries to represent members of the LGBTQI community and their issues, as well as those utilized by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, queer, and intersexed folks in practices of self-representation. Also examines media reception practices among queer folks, as well as the alternative media economies developed by members of the LGBTQI community, and the intersections of queer identity, queer politics, and media culture. Only one of the following may be counted: Radio-Television-Film 359S (Topic: Queer Media Studies), 359S (Topic 5), 377H (Topic 2), Women's and Gender Studies 324 (Topic: Queer Media Studies), 335 (Topic 16).

Topic 17: Disability, Race, and Sexuality in Literature and Culture. Only one of the following may be counted: English 343D, Mexican American Studies 337G, Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 17). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: E 343D, MAS 337G Additional prerequisite: For English majors, one of the following: Comparative Literature 315, English 303D, 316L, 316M, 316N, 316P, or Tutorial Course 303D; for others, upper-division standing.

Topic 18: Twentieth-Century United States Lesbian and Gay History. Examines classic texts and recent and varied writings on LGBT history, focused on experiences, ideas, and conflicts that have shaped modern LGBT identities. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 324P, 370 (Topic 49), History 365G (Topic 10), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 18). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AMS 324P, HIS 365G.10 Core Curriculum: 060 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 20: Sex and Sexuality in the Muslim World. Only one of the following may be counted: Islamic Studies 372 (Topic: Sex/Sexuality Muslim World), 372 (Topic 25), Middle Eastern Studies 341 (Topic 13), Religious Studies 358 (Topic: Sex/Sexuality Muslim World), 358J, Sociology 321K (Topic: Sex/Sexuality Muslim World), 342S, Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic: Sex/Sexuality Muslim World), 335 (Topic 20). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: MES 341.13, R S 358J, SOC 342S Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 21: Preserving Austin's Queer History. Explore Austin's queer history since World War II and write on the practice of oral history and LGBTQ oral history in particular. Build the foundation for an ongoing Austin LGBTQ Oral History Project to be housed at the Briscoe Center for American History. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 370 (Topic: Preserving ATX Queer Hist), 370 (Topic 69), History 350R (Topic 43), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 21). Core Curriculum: 060 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 22: Queer Visual Culture. Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 22) and 345 (Topic: Queer Visual Culture) may not both be counted.

Topic 23: Performing LGBTQ+. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic: Performing LGBTQ+), 323 (Topic 72), Theatre and Dance 357T (Topic: Performing LGBTQ+), 357T (Topic 6), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic: Performing LGBTQ+), 335 (Topic 23). Same as: C L 323.72, T D 357T.6 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 24: United States Masculinities. Only one of the following may be counted: American Studies 370 (Topic: US Masculinities), 370 (Topic 68), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic: US Masculinities), 335 (Topic 24). Same as: AMS 370.68 Core Curriculum: 010

Topic 25: Queering Black Religions. Explore the ways Africana religion practitioners disrupt and reframe dominant western discourses of gender and sexuality. Examine concepts of temporality, spirit manifestation, subjectivity, corporeality, and Africana religious epistemologies. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 352O, American Studies 335, Religious Studies 335D, Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 25). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 352O, AMS 335, R S 335D Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 26: Queer Eastern Europe. Explore LGBTQI stories and political struggles in Eastern Europe with a focus on the region's queer culture: literature, cinema, and the arts. Only one of the following may be counted: Comparative Literature 323 (Topic 74), European Studies 347 (Topic 55), Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies 325 (Topic: Queer Narr Eastern Europe), 325 (Topic 46), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 26). Same as: C L 323.74, EUS 347.55, REE 325.46 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 27: Latinx Sexualities. Examine Latinx sexualities from a historical perspective to comprehend the social, cultural, political, and economic factors, which have shaped these experiences. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 325C, 372C (Topic: Latinx Sexualities), American Studies 337J, 370 (Topic: Latinx Sexualities), Mexican American Studies 337J, 374 (Topic: Latinx Sexualities), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic: Latinx Sexualities), 335 (Topic 27). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 28: Race, Gender, Sex, and Religion. Use an intersectional feminist framework to examine the construction and maintenance of normative categories of race, gender, sex, and sexuality within United States religious discourse. Only one of the following may be counted: African and African Diaspora Studies 352M, American Studies 373I, Religious Studies 361 (Topic: Race, Gender, Sex, Religion), 373I, Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 28). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: AFR 352M, AMS 373I, R S 373I Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.

Topic 29: Medical Rhetorics, Race, and Gender. Examine how health and illness are defined through rhetorics about and within medicine. Focus on race and gender, consider how communication and language shape understandings of health, access to health care, and experiences of illness and disability. Only one of the following may be counted: Rhetoric and Writing 330D (Topic: Medical Rhet/Race/Gender), 330D (Topic 18), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 29). Same as: RHE 330D.18 Core Curriculum: 010 Additional prerequisite: English 303C, Rhetoric and Writing 306, 306Q or Tutorial Course 303C.

Topic 30: Queer of Color Critique. Only one of the following may be counted: English 323D (Topic: Queer of Color Criticism), 323D (Topic: Queer of Color Crit:Honors), 323Q, Liberal Arts Honors 350 (Topic: Queer of Color Critique), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 30). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: E 323Q Additional prerequisite: For English majors, one of the following: Comparative Literature 315, English 303D, 316L, 316M, 316N, 316P, or Tutorial Course 303D; for others, upper-division standing.

Topic 32: Queer/Trans Performance. Explore the ways performance serves as an alternative space of expression and worldmaking, a site of activism and resistance, and a creative outlet for queer and trans people in specific socio-cultural contexts. Only one of the following may be counted: Latin American Studies 328 (Topic 17), Theatre and Dance 357T (Topic 14), Women's and Gender Studies 335 (Topic 32). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: LAS 328.17, T D 357T.14 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.